The Value-Based Care Podcast

Fusion5 Healthcare Solutions

Value-Based Care isn’t the future – it’s the present. Learn how to make the necessary connections within your hospital, practice or organization to increase overall care, reduce readmissions and harm, and improve patient outcomes.

PETER LOUGEE

Senior VP OF Partner Solutions

Peter is a nationally recognized expert on post-acute and value based care. He has held multiple executive positions in operations, sales, and business development, and spent more than twelve years serving as a senior executive at one of the largest nursing home providers in the country. His experience also includes leading the largest skilled nursing company in Texas through the first version of BPCI.

Peter is a proud Texan and graduated from Southern New Hampshire University with a degree in Marketing.

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REMAY

CHIEF HAPPINESS OFFICER

As Chief Happiness Officer, Remay puts the “fun” in functional. Her exuberance and sweet nature bring out the best in the team. She rarely takes no for an answer, and takes charge of getting her colleagues out of their chairs and into the fresh air for regular walking meetings.

She has a Pawchelors Degree in Fetch and is currently working on her PhDog in Lawn Leadership. Remay takes pride in her ability to make anyone smile, and has yet to meet a squirrel she won’t chase.

DAN PAQUIN

CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER

Dan has significant experience in the healthcare sector, including considerable experience with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), including the development of the original Bundled Payment for Care Improvement (BPCI) initiative. He is a widely recognized expert on government healthcare programs, having implemented long-term-care Medicaid programs for the states of Kentucky and Florida.

Dan is also considered an expert in the management and financial performance of Managed Care Organizations (MCOs), and is responsible for developing and implementing corporate strategy at Fusion5.

KATHY KRESS

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Kathy has served as a senior financial executive at some of the largest companies in the United States. She is considered an expert in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), corporate strategy development, capital markets, and business restructuring. As a divisional financial leader for Walmart, Kathy was charged with the financial performance of the company’s Consumer, Health and Wellness business.

Kathy earned her MBA from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

MICHAEL J. LEVOSHKO

CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

Mike has more than 25 years of experience as a value based care entrepreneur and innovator. He has held leadership positions in managed care and behavioral healthcare organizations serving the public, private, and employer group sectors. He is also the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Senior Whole Health, which was named the fastest-growing privately held company in the United States by Inc. magazine.

Mike studied Mechanical Engineering at Northeastern University and is widely recognized as one of the nation’s foremost thought leaders on healthcare technology.

DENISE GALLAGHER

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Denise has a proven track record of healthcare innovation and entrepreneurship and has served in leadership positions at Aetna, Coventry, AmeriGroup, and AmeriChoice. Her work in healthcare innovation has taken her from Alaska to Massachusetts, and she was instrumental in the success of NHP of Rhode Island, the first Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in the nation.

Denise is also the co-founder of Senior Whole Health, named by Inc. magazine as the fastest- growing privately held company in the United States.

GERALD RUPP, PHD

CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER

Jerry is a healthcare executive, innovator, and educator with more than two decades of experience developing and administering healthcare-delivery and payment-model reform, including bundled payments. Additionally, Jerry served in an advocacy role at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and was the Executive Director and Vice President of Research at the Institute for Science and Health.

Jerry has served as a professor of anatomy and has authored over 30 peer-reviewed articles. He received his PhD in cell biology and anatomical sciences from SUNY – Buffalo.

SUE CAITO

CHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER

Sue brings over 25 years of clinical experience to the world of value based care, bundled payments, and BPCI. Her focus on innovation resulted in the successful development of a BPCI case-management program within a multi-disciplinary practice that led to measurable improvement in quality outcomes for more than 50,000 Medicare orthopedic patients.

Sue is the author of multiple published articles on readmissions reduction and graduated from Webster University with her degree in nursing.

JAMES GERA

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Jim is a proven innovator and value based care entrepreneur. Prior to serving as CEO of Fusion5, Jim achieved remarkable results as a senior executive at several healthcare organizations. Over the past several years, Jim has focused on programs and opportunities within healthcare reform and has served as chairperson for several CMMI grant reviews.

Jim is also an accomplished musician and received his MBA from the Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.